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**Job ID**: 58640
**Job Category**:Project Management
**Division & Section**:Environment, Climate & Forestry
**Work Location**:UNION STATION
**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, 1 Permanent Vacancy
**Salary**:$162,467.00 - $215,307.00, TM5449, Wage Grade 10
**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
**Affiliation**: Non-Union
**Number of Positions Open**: 1
**Posting Period**: 29-SEP-2025 to 13-OCT-2025
The City of Toronto is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and people-first leader to serve as our **Director of Environment, Climate & Forestry**. This individual will lead strategic and operational planning, drive service modernization, and advance the City’s environmental sustainability, climate action, and urban forestry priorities.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Environment, Climate & Forestry, this role leads the Program Delivery Section, leveraging a passionate and highly skilled team to scale and implement high-impact solutions that drive measurable climate and sustainability outcomes—contributing to a more livable Toronto for everyone..
The Environment, Climate & Forestry Division delivers programs and services that protect the natural environment, reduce emissions, and strengthen the City’s response to climate change. The Division is seeking an experienced and collaborative leader to guide modernization efforts, foster strong partnerships, and deliver measurable results for residents, businesses, and future generations.
**Who You Are**
You are a visionary leader with expertise in environment, climate, sustainability, or forestry management. You thrive in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, balance strategic vision with operational excellence, and are skilled at building trust, leading transformation, and advancing equity and inclusion.
**About the Role**
**Strategic Leadership & Transformation**
- Develops and implements policies, programs, and strategies that advance environmental protection, sustainability, climate change mitigation/adaptation, and urban forestry management.
- Guides long-term visioning, service planning, and business transformation initiatives to drive efficiency, accountability, and performance excellence.
- Oversees realignment of services, resources, and reporting structures to support a modernized, functional-matrix delivery model.
- Champions innovation, evidence-based decision-making, and change management strategies to support organizational transformation.
- Leads a diverse workforce, fostering high performance, teamwork, and continuous learning.
- Oversees talent management, employee engagement, and succession planning.
- Promotes reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion as core values.
**Operational & Program Management**
- Directs all activities of the division through subordinate management staff, ensuring clear delegation of responsibilities.
- Oversees divisional budgets, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, fiscal accountability, and timely reporting.
- Leads enterprise risk management, compliance reviews, and quality assurance initiatives to mitigate risk and strengthen accountability.
- Prepares staff reports, recommendations, and strategic advice for the Executive Director, Council, and Standing Committees.**
**Government & Organizational Insight**
- Builds strong, collaborative relationships with Council, senior leaders, internal divisions, unions, and external partners to advance City-wide solutions.
- Provides expert advice on employee, corporate, Council, and community-related issues with organizational impact.
- Demonstrates in-depth understanding of the governance, policy, and operational challenges within large public sector organizations.
- Represents the Division on intergovernmental committees, task forces, and teams, positioning Toronto as a leader in climate and environmental action.
**Required Skills and Qualifications**
- Post-secondary degree in Environmental Studies, Public Administration, Forestry, Business Management, or related discipline.
- Senior leadership experience in environment, climate, sustainability, forestry, or related fields.
- Extensive experience managing teams in the complex, unionized environment and excellent leadership skills with ability to motivate, promote and foster teamwork, while establishing an environment that influences and inspires operational excellence.
- Proven success in organizational transformation and program innovation.
- Strong financial management, compliance, and risk management skills
- Extensive experience in large-scale contract and vendor management and negotiations; deep understanding of contracts, contractual language, and contract governance.
- Experience in the emergency response and an ability to make confident sound decisions under pressure.
- Highly developed relationship building skills, with the ability to communicate, negotiate and partner with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Ability to engage and work productively with other c
